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US4671869A
US4671869A US06/739,233 US73923385A US4671869A US 4671869 A US4671869 A US 4671869A US 73923385 A US73923385 A US 73923385A US 4671869 A US4671869 A US 4671869A
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Akira Hara
Hiraku Ohnuma
Toshisaburo Takagi
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03D—FLOTATION; DIFFERENTIAL SEDIMENTATION
    • B03D1/00—Flotation
    • B03D1/02—Froth-flotation processes
    • B03D1/028—Control and monitoring of flotation processes; computer models therefor
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03D—FLOTATION; DIFFERENTIAL SEDIMENTATION
    • B03D1/00—Flotation
    • B03D1/14—Flotation machines
    • B03D1/1412—Flotation machines with baffles, e.g. at the wall for redirecting settling solids
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03D—FLOTATION; DIFFERENTIAL SEDIMENTATION
    • B03D1/00—Flotation
    • B03D1/14—Flotation machines
    • B03D1/1443—Feed or discharge mechanisms for flotation tanks
    • B03D1/1462—Discharge mechanisms for the froth
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B03—SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS USING LIQUIDS OR USING PNEUMATIC TABLES OR JIGS; MAGNETIC OR ELECTROSTATIC SEPARATION OF SOLID MATERIALS FROM SOLID MATERIALS OR FLUIDS; SEPARATION BY HIGH-VOLTAGE ELECTRIC FIELDS
    • B03D—FLOTATION; DIFFERENTIAL SEDIMENTATION
    • B03D1/00—Flotation
    • B03D1/14—Flotation machines
    • B03D1/1493—Flotation machines with means for establishing a specified flow pattern
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B41—PRINTING; LINING MACHINES; TYPEWRITERS; STAMPS
    • B41F—PRINTING MACHINES OR PRESSES
    • B41F7/00—Rotary lithographic machines
    • B41F7/20—Details
    • B41F7/24—Damping devices
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C02—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F—TREATMENT OF WATER, WASTE WATER, SEWAGE, OR SLUDGE
    • C02F1/00—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage
    • C02F1/24—Treatment of water, waste water, or sewage by flotation

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  • the present invention relates to a filter device and, more particularly, to a ladder filter for cleaning dampening water used in offset printing.
  • the offset press In offset printing, the offset press is supplied with a liquid which contains various chemicals. This liquid is generally referred to as "dampening water".
  • This liquid is generally referred to as "dampening water".
  • the dampening water is inevitably contaminated by printing ink and paper dusts. Since the contaminated dampening water deteriorates the printing surface of the press undesirably, it is essential to clean the dampening water by a suitable means.
  • a typical conventional ladder filter has a tank 30 in which are formed a stirring section 32, a floating section 34 and a discharge section 36 through which the contaminated dampening water flows successively such as to be cleaned before it reaches the discharge section 36.
  • the dampening water is bubbled by a bubbling plate 40 before it flows into the stirring section 32 of the tank 30.
  • the ink, paper dusts and other contaminants (referred to as "contaminants” inclusively, hereinunder) suspended by the dampening water attach to the bubbles in the stirring section 32.
  • the bubbles tend to gather around a first partition plate 42 and a second partition plate 44 which define respective sections in the tank 30, and the water is cleaned by removing these bubbles.
  • the removal of the bubbles is done by human labour at a suitable period, so that the cleaning efficiency is impaired.
  • there is a tendency that the painful work for removing the bubbles is often ignored resulting in an imperfect cleaning of the dampening water.
  • Japanese Utility Model Laid-Open No. 39649/1984 discloses a ladder filter having a floating matter removing pipe which opens at a level slightly below the liquid level in the floating section 34 of the tank 30.
  • this ladder filter since the opening through which the floating matters are discharged is positioned below the liquid level, a large quantity of dampening water is discharged together with the floating matters, so that the consumption of the dampening water is increased correspondingly.
  • the efficiency of removal of the floating matters is rather low because the area of the opening of the removing pipe is small.
  • an object of the invention is to provide a filter device capable of automatically removing the floating contaminants and cleaning the dampening water at a high cleaning efficiency, while minimizing the consumption of the dampening water.
  • the invention provides a filter device for cleaning a liquid comprising a stirring tank section in which the liquid is bubbled and the contaminants suspended by the liquid are adsorbed by the bubbles, a floating tank section provided at the downstream side of the stirring tank section as viewed in the direction of flow of the liquid, the bubbles adsorbing the contaminants being allowed to float in the floating tank section, a discharging tank section disposed at the downstream side of the floating tank section, a floating contaminant removing means for removing said contaminants absorbed in said floating bubbles, said means positioned above a liquid level of said floating tank section, and a liquid level regulating means for regulating the liquid level of said floating tank section, whereby when the liquid level of said floating tank section is raised by said liquid level regulating means up to a position of said floating contaminant removing means, said contaminants adsorbed in said floating bubbles are removed through said floating contaminant removing means.
  • a dampening water circulating system for cleaning dampening water used in an offset press is further provided wherein the filter device as disclosed above is communicated with a reserve tank with a circulating pump means for circulating the liquid free from the contaminants to the offset press.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic illustration of an essential portion of a first embodiment of the invention
  • FIG. 2 is a partly cut-away plan view of the embodiment shown in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along the line III--III of FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 4 is a sectional view of an essential part of a second embodiment
  • FIG. 5 is a sectional view of an essential part of the third embodiment.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic illustration of a conventional filter device.
  • a first embodiment of a filter device in accordance with the invention intended for cleaning the dampening water from printing machine such as an offset press, has a tank 1 in which are formed successively a stirring tank section 2, a floating tank section 4 and a discharging tank section 6.
  • the tank 1 is formed integrally with a circulating device 15.
  • the contaminated dampening water from the printing machine is introduced into the tank 1 through an inlet pipe 5 and is made to flow successively through the stirring tank section 2, floating tank section 4 and the discharging tank section 6 to a reserve tank 8 outside the tank 1, and is supplied to the printing machine by the circulating device 15.
  • a cover member 7 is provided on the portion of the tank 1 where the inlet pipe 5 is connected to the tank 1.
  • the dampening water flowing into the tank 1 is bubbled as it flows through a bubbling plate 7A attached to the cover plate 7 before it is poured into the stirring tank section 2.
  • a bubbling plate 7A attached to the cover plate 7 before it is poured into the stirring tank section 2.
  • the floating tank section 4 and the discharging tank section 6 downstream therefrom are separated from each other by a partition plate 10.
  • the partition plate 10 does not reach the bottom of the tank 1, so that these tank sections 4 and 6 are communicated with each other through a passage 10A formed below the partition plate 10 at the lower portion of the tank 1.
  • the bubbles adsorbing the contaminants are prevented by the partition plate 10 from flowing into the discharging tank section 6 so that they tend to concentrate to the region in the vicinity of the partition plate 10.
  • the floating tank section 4 is provided with a floating contaminant removing means 11 in the form of a drain pipe having an open end positioned above the liquid level and extending to the outside of the tank 1.
  • a gate plate 12 serving as a shut-off means is adapted to slide along the partition plate 10.
  • a plurality of pneumatic cylinders 12A are connected to the gate plate 12 through connecting members 12B to which is secured a slide guide 12C. In operation, the gate plate 12 slides in accordance with the operation of the pneumatic cylinders 12A such as to shut-off the passage 10A formed below the partition plate 10 thereby interrupting the communication between the floating tank section 4 and the discharging tank section 6.
  • the pneumatic cylinders 12A are operated at a predetermined time interval such as to close the passage 10A for a predetermined period of time.
  • the operation of the pneumatic cylinders 12A is controlled by a timer 50 such as to operate intermittently.
  • the timer 50 is adjustable to vary the time interval and the opening time duration in accordance with the conditions such as the extent of contamination of the dampening water and the rate of circulation of the same.
  • the dampening water from the discharging tank section 6 overflows through a notch 13A in the top end of the partition wall 13 into the reserve tank 8 outside the tank 1, through a filter 20.
  • the filter 20 has a frame 21 with a mat 22 of a specific material such as polyurethane laid on the bottom thereof.
  • the dampening water is cleaned without fail as it flows through the mat 22.
  • the dampening water in the reserve tank 8 is fed back to the printing machine through a feed pipe 18 by means of a pump 17, after adjustment of the density by a dampening water adjusting device 16.
  • the aforementioned circulating device 15 is constituted by the dampening water adjusting device 16, pump 17, reserve tank 8, feed pipe 18 leading to the printing machine, inlet pipe 5 leading from the printing machine, and the tank 1.
  • the dampening water adjusting device 16 and the pump 17 are secured to a cover member 9A attached to the reserve tank 8.
  • a drain port 24 is formed in the bottom of the discharging tank section 6 and a drain pipe 15B leading from the drain port 24 is connected to the circulating device 15.
  • the pneumatic cylinders 12A are intermittently operated by the timer 50 such as to close the passage 10A by the gate plate 12 so that the water level in the floating tank section 4 is raised to allow an automatic removal of the floating bubbles adsorbing the contaminants through the floating contaminant removing pipe 11. Consequently, the operators are relieved from laborious work for scooping the floating bubbles.
  • the timer is adjustable to select suitable time interval and time duration of operation of the pneumatic cylinders, i.e., the time interval and time duration of shutting off of the passage 10A, so that the wasting of the dampening water and, hence, the total consumption of the dampening water are minimized advantageously.
  • FIG. 4 is a vertical sectional view of an essential portion of a second embodiment of the invention.
  • a floating contaminant removing trough 11 has a substantially semi-cylindrical member which is disposed horizontally such that its open side is directed upwardly.
  • This semi-cylindrical member is arranged perpendicularly to the direction of flow of the dampening water and is extended outside the tank 1. With this arrangement, the inlet area for the floating matters is increased to permit an efficient catching and removal of the floating matters.
  • the gate plate 12 can slide by the force of gravity in the direction for closing the passage 10A by virture of the slide guides 12C which are provided on the connecting members 12B secured to the gate plate 12.
  • a rope 25 which is connected at its one end to each connecting member 12B is wound on a pulley 25A provided on the partition plate 10.
  • the pulley 25A is adapted to be driven by a motor 51 with a reduction gear which in turn is adapted to be operated under the control of the timer 50.
  • the sliding motion of the gate plate 12 is controlled by the tension generated in the rope 25 as a result of rotation of the pulley 25A.
  • Other portions are materially identical to those of the first embodiment so that the same reference numerals are used to denote such same portions and detailed description thereof is omitted.
  • FIG. 5 shows a third embodiment of the invention.
  • an opening 10B is formed in the portion of the partition plate 10 above the liquid level, and a substantially semi-cylindrical trough member constituting the floating contaminant removing trough 11 is attached to the surface of the partition plate 10 facing the discharging tank section 6 such as to extend horizontally with its upper edge flush with the lower edge of the opening 10B so that floating contaminants can be guided to the trough 11.
  • This embodiment employs a swingable gate plate 26 pivotally secured to the lower end of the partition plate 10 and adapted to be swung by the action of pneumatic cylinders 12A through long arms 27.
  • Other portions are materially identical to those of the first embodiment so that these portions are denoted by the same reference numerals and the detailed description of these portions is omitted.
  • the pneumatic cylinders 12A or the motor 51 with reduction gear are controlled by a timer for the purpose of effecting an automatic periodical removal of the floating matters, this is not essential and the shut-off means such as the gate plate may be operated whenever desired, through the manipulation of a manual switch which is arranged to turn on the pneumatic cylinders or motor.
  • the partition plate 10 may be mounted slidably in vertical direction onto the inner wall of the tank 1, so that the partition plate 10 itself slides vertically by the pneumatic cylinders 12A or the like so as to selectively close the passage from the floating tank section 4 to the discharging tank section 6.

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CN108705848A (zh) * 2018-04-28 2018-10-26 重庆川之舟印务设计有限公司 润版液净化装置

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